![Creed band: How sports teams are using its butt-rock songs as good luck charms to win games.](https://compote.slate.com/images/9259a58b-f816-41e0-aad8-89f0bed08d88.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0&width=1560)
Creed band: How sports teams are using its butt-rock songs as good luck charms to win games.
SlateThe Texas Rangers, who are one game away from securing their first World Series championship in franchise history, are one of the more unlikely success stories in recent baseball history. That is the entirety of Globe Life Field, the home of the Rangers in Arlington, Texas, singing along to “Higher” during the third game of the home team’s showdown with the Orioles. Creed’s official Twitter account gave its own blessing to the team, posting “Let’s Go Rangers, Let’s Go!” and “#NeedForCreed,” the latter of which I would love to see engraved on my tombstone someday. But the Rangers aren’t the only American sports team looking to tap into some of Creed’s good-luck juju. But additionally, as someone who spends a lot of time scrolling through Instagram Reels, I’ve noticed a distinct uptick in the number of videos referencing Creed’s euphorically gauche set during the halftime of a 2001 Thanksgiving game between the Cowboys and the Broncos, which, honestly, might be the band’s defining legacy.
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